Creston wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 15:13:I fear we'll have soon seen the end of Hulu...

Creston

It deserves to die. It has been abhorrently mismanaged. Couple that with the absolutely obscene limitations it is saddled with because of archaic and backward-looking contracts. Such a shame - it could have been incredibly useful.

Exactly this, Hulu is a textbook case in content companies killing off a useful idea.

Creston wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 15:13:I fear we'll have soon seen the end of Hulu...

Creston

It deserves to die. It has been abhorrently mismanaged. Couple that with the absolutely obscene limitations it is saddled with because of archaic and backward-looking contracts. Such a shame - it could have been incredibly useful.

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 10:08:That banner ad story is pretty interesting and troubling. Let's hope that's an idea and practice that can be beaten down...

There's a comment in the article that makes it sound like CMA internally is in a bit of disagreement over this. Sadly, the comment is referencing a communication prior to the EULA change.

CMA is either seriously hurting, or some jackass there met these R66T guys at some conference and got sold onto this being a huge revenue stream. I don't see it going well for the company, and I don't see it going well for whomever is pushing this idea internally.

Heck, if they offered a free internet service with ads, some people would jump at it. But injecting ads into a connection you are paying good money for is not going to make for loyal customers.

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 8, 2013, 10:08:That banner ad story is pretty interesting and troubling. Let's hope that's an idea and practice that can be beaten down...

There's a comment in the article that makes it sound like CMA internally is in a bit of disagreement over this. Sadly, the comment is referencing a communication prior to the EULA change.

CMA is either seriously hurting, or some jackass there met these R66T guys at some conference and got sold onto this being a huge revenue stream. I don't see it going well for the company, and I don't see it going well for whomever is pushing this idea internally.